Clues From The Context


Clues From The Context explains how archaeologists can find out by sifting through dirt and rubble. They can find out if the lived in huts or buildings without actually seeing they huts or buildings. What archaeologists do is use "context clues". "Context clues" are interpretations about what you think happened without having been to that event. Archaeologists know what the Native Americans lived in, without actually having gone back in time to see.

They author also talks about how archaeologists make the interpretations. They do not just take a random guess about what they lived in. They use context clues like post holes, or foundation evidence to decide what they lived in. If there are post holes in a square or a triangle and there is no evidence of a foundation, then the olden people most likely lived in tents. Actually, if there were no post holes, or no foundation evidence, then the Native American probably lived in huts fashioned out of mud and/or brick.

So even if there is no evidence of tents or building, you can still infer about what they lived In (most likely huts). Even no clues still have context which means that there are still context clues. There are context clues everywhere
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